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Metrolink: back on track?

The Big Bang is back - and with no congestion charge. As the original plan to double the size of the Metrolink network is resurrected, we take a detailed look at what’s coming down the track in Greater Manchester.

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When the people of Greater Manchester gave the congestion charge a resounding ‘No’ vote in December 2008, it seemed there was no plan B for improving public transport.

But five months later, a £1.5bn transport fund has now been agreed to fund the final Metrolink extensions to Manchester Airport, East Didsbury, Ashton-under-Lyne and the town centres of Oldham and Rochdale, as well as a second city crossing between Victoria and G-Mex.